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Technobabble is a term, often used in a humorous tone, to designate the technical jargon (generally imaginary or inspired by real scientifical words) used in fiction works to explain or justify a complex situation.

A Lycanthrope, or Lycan, or commonly known as Werewolf, is a human being who has the ability to transform himself into a hybrid creature between human and wolf. Generally, this creature possess a superhuman strength and an … Lire la suite...

In the common acceptation of the word, a drone is a directed, programmed or autonomous (generally flying) device charged with reconnaissance, surveillance, espionage, or transporting mission. In science fiction, we generalise this concept to more or less autonomous robots, even… Lire la suite...

As its name seems indicate, Urban Fantasy is a subgenus of science fiction and fantastic mixing technology and magic, placing legendary and mythological creatures in a urban context, and taking place essentially to XXth and XXIst century.

A colony ship, or generation ship, is a spaceship designed for interstellar travels whose duration spreads over several generations. Then, it’s not the original astronauts but their descendant who will reach the destination of the voyage. Voyage which … Lire la suite...

In medicine, vessels are “pipes” transporting the blood in an organism. We distinguish “arteries” (which transport blood from the heart to the organs) and “veins” (from the organs to the heart).
In science fiction, a vessel is an artificial vehicle… Lire la suite...

In science, an artefact is a artificial phenomenon or signal which disturb a measurement series.
An artefact also refers to an object, or a product, which has been manufactured or modified by man’s hand (or another creature), conferring a unnatural… Lire la suite...

In the Hyperion’s universe by Dan Simmons, distrans is a term designating the technology allowing the instantaneous travels between the worlds of the Retz. The distrans had been invented by the A.I. and serve them as a support to live.… Lire la suite...